January, 2012
At EnCompass Education we recognize the importance of privacy, as well as the disclosure to you of how we protect your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to all of the services, products, websites, content portals, and any other media offered by EnCompass Education Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies (collectively, EnCompass' "Services").
How we use information we collect:
Beyond browsing our web site as a visitor, we require you/your organization to register for an account in order to provide access for you to proprietary content, resource/referral information, and contact details. In order to provide you with our full offering, we may collect the following types of information:
Information you/your organization provide(s)
When you/your organization either expresses interest in our services or engages in a contract for our services, we ask for information in order to assess needs. This may include collection of this data through surveying.
Information you provide
When you/your organization engage(s) in a contract for our services, access will be enabled through an initial registration process and, following that, a member login function each time these services are accessed. Some of the information you submit at (or beyond) this point may be personally identifiable. However, your identifiable personal information and any associated sensitive data will not be, beyond communicating directly with you, sold, licensed or further disseminated to any third party, except as otherwise set forth below.
Session data
In the process of registering and accessing our system via the web-based program we provide, we will have access to various other information, including, but not limited to, your Internet Protocol address and other navigational data. We may need to utilize this information to address technical communication or server problems, to communicate with you, and to determine how better to administer and improve our services to you and your company.
Your consent
Whenever you submit information to our site, your submission will constitute your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of the information referenced above in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Other site data
Please be advised that this Privacy Policy only applies to Services offered by EnCompass Education Solutions, Inc. We do not exercise control over any linked sites, to the extent your company has any and we are not responsible for any such activity by other sites.
Choices for personal information:
We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy unless we have obtained your prior consent. If we propose to use personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes.
Information sharing
In the following limited circumstances, EnCompass may share personal information with a third party:
- We have your prior consent
- We provide such information to trusted affiliates/partners for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf, and only under conditions of adherence to this Privacy Policy and under our direction
- We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to:
- satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request,
- enforce applicable Terms of Service with your Company, including investigation of potential violations thereof,
- detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, criminal, security or technical issues, or
- protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of EnCompass Education Solutions, Inc., its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
- We are acquired or merge with another company or experience any form of sale of some or all of our assets, in which case we will provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
- We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information which would not identify you individually.
Information security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction of data. However, we cannot guarantee absolute risk mitigation against electronic breaches outside of the purview of our immediate control. We urge you to use particular caution when sending sensitive information by email transmission and handling registration and/or member log-in details.
Enforcement
EnCompass Education Solutions, Inc. regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or EnCompass' treatment of personal information by contacting us at EnCompass Education Solutions, Inc., 25 Braintree Hill Park, Suite 309, Braintree, MA 02184, (781) 848-4838.
Changes to this policy
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. The latest version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date.